Tallulah
Bankhead flew through the air with the greatest of ease in Midgie
Purvis, 1961
Al Hirschfeld, 1961
Ink drawing.
Although Mary Chase's Midgie Purvis only ran for 21 performances
at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York (February 1-18, 1961), its
star Tallulah Bankhead was nominated for a Tony for her role as
an eccentric middle-aged woman who runs away from her family, disguised
as an 80-year old cleaning woman, and becomes a baby-sitter.